Optimizing the rotor performance of a Darrieus turbine using Blade pitching
introduction
Motivation
overview
problem statement
Objectives
Thesis layout
general overview of every chapter
state of wind energy
3 problem statement
3 objectives based on the problems present
technology of vawts
area of focus on research
why is this subject worth studying
Literature review
brief intro to Qblade
Methodology
aerodynamic aspects of turbines
background of QBlade
functions, usage, degree of accuracy,etc
explanation on pitching
Difference in active and passive pitching
Fundamental data and info available
comparison with cfd and qblade
Results and Discussion
Short comings and opportunity for refinement
Performance of every simulation
rate of improvement between models
Specification of turbine models
Validations
Rotor designs
simulations
in QBlade
external software
why use external(3rd party) software
Matlab Coding for active pitch
total number of simulations
simulation input file
Compare and contrast results
Conclusion
a brief summary of the findings
design parameters
modelling steps
Challenges faced
latest vs older version reliability issue
turbine cycle issues,etc
enabling of unsteady aerodynamics
highlight important aspect of the findings
suggestions to improve results
current development
type of research conducted
medium fidelity study
numerical approach
usage of DRAFA
a brief explanation why certain parameters are neglected
reliability of Qblade
explanation on LLT and DMS module
why LLT is used?
Asymmetricity issue in upwind and downwind region of results
better approach to problem
using cl/cd max
explanation on problems if present
static pitch
dynamic pitch
show deviation percentage from experimental data
provide a new simulation data, showing improvement
gap analysis
best pitch angle